Chapter 1: Faculty Governance, Section I: General
Faculty
A. Authority and General Functions
1.
The areas of authority of the General Faculty are
listed above. The General Faculty, however, has delegated the detailed
exercise of its powers to the Faculty Council (see part III of
this Chapter). Of these powers, only the following shall be exercised
in the first instance by the General Faculty:
a.
Establishment of rules of membership and procedure for itself
and for college and school faculties except for the Graduate
School. (See Sec. II for rules of the Graduate School.)
b.
Choice of its Secretary and its representatives on the Faculty
Council.
c.
Structure and legislative powers of the Faculty Council.
d.
Action on recommendations of Rules Committee.
2.
The exercise of all powers is subject to prior action
by the Faculty Council and appeal from the Faculty Council to the
General Faculty in accordance with the rules and regulations relating
to the Council.
3.
Questions of jurisdiction arising between the Faculty
Council and the General Faculty shall be referred to the Rules
Committee for determination.
